Unit One Key Terms and Skills

A universal message that can apply to human nature, real life, or other stories.

• Thesis

• Irony

• Context

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.9

__ is the feeling of excitement, anxiety, or uncertainty about what will happen

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the audience knows something that one or more characters in a story do not.

• situational irony

• irony

• dramatic irony

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

The combination of a claim, context, evidence, and reasoning that serve to take a position on a topic and defend it.

• MLA in-text citation

• academic paragraph structure

• outline

• informational text

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

Information taken directly from a text or research that helps you support your argument/claim.

• evidence

• thesis

• reasoning

• central/main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.SL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

What verb form is the underlined word?

Uncle Eddie studied welding, and now he works as a technician in a metal fabrication company that produces and assembles metal parts for machinery.

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• context

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

What verb form is the underlined word?

Runners in middle- and long-distance track events usually begin from a standing start, but sprinters, who need greater initial power for a short dash, typically use a crouch start.

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• context

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

What verb form is the underlined word?

If at any time you would like to cancel your magazine subscription, simply call our customer care department at our toll-free number.

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• context

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which is the correct MLA citation for this sentence?

The reservoir in Central Park once received water from Westchester County's Croton River.

Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte, page 19. Published by Bloomsbury, New York 2008:

• (Royte 19)

• . (Royte 19)

• (Royte page 19).

• (Royte 19).

A writing organization tool that helps you lay out the ideas of your argument that gives you the correct structure for an academic paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2A